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Tuesday, 11 November 2014

A Beret for Bonfire Night

Remember, remember, the 5th of November,

Gunpowder, treason and plot.

I see no reason why gunpowder treason,

Should ever be forgot.

This
year there weren't any local public displays of fireworks to attend,
and the bigger ones down the valley are usually on weekends these days,
which isn't always convenient. On actual bonfire night then we headed up
the nearest hill, parked up with a whole convoy of other cars, and
enjoyed the amazing view stretching all the way up, and all the way
down, the valley we live in. Many private firework parties were taking
place, so we had a good fireworks show from our vantage point. We'd
brought a flask of hot chocolate (good call, it was freezing up on the
hill!) and some giant sparklers, which we couldn't light at first as our
lighter failed.

Full skirt 1980's wool coat, charity shop

Scarf, Peacocks

Beret, Accessorize

Gloves, Sainsburys

It
was good to get home and warm, with a nice cheesy salmon and veg bake,
followed by the first baked apples of the season (a bonfire night
essential in our house).

What a fabulous photo! Though we don't observe Guy Fawkes night here in Canada, I've always thought that November was the perfect month for a bonfire. With winter moving in swiftly, we there's a very practical element to keeping nice and toasty in front of a roaring blaze.

As everyone else has said, that's a great photo! And I love a beret ;) for the first time in years I didn't do anything this bonfire night... and I felt bad about it all evening. But it really is a mission to drag myself out into the cold when I only get in from work at 7pm. Our local display starts at about that time, so it's just a massive pain to get there! x

Here it's to celebrate the thwarting of Guy Fawkes' dastardly plan to blow up the Houses of Parliament in 1600ish. Effigies of Fawkes are burnt, though that's less commomn now than fireworks and sparklers!